Hello Folks!
I recently had an email from a chap I know well in the A.V. community in the Algarve.
Very cordial-indeed Iv`e helped this guy with designs and setup in the past.
One end statement was a little bizzare..:-)
In essence,it said that by my stating my companies qualifications and pedigree etc..I WAS MAKING THE OTHERS LOOK BAD..
Eh?????....:-).......
I replied to this mail that I state Projectiondreams qualifications,capabilities and achievements..because i`m proud of all of this-and I won`t dumb any of this down to make other companies feel "better about themselves"...
If they take this as a "pop" against them..so be it,but it isn`t...I begrudge nobody a living and respect anyones right to trade ,but by the same token..I do have a reservation that companies with little pedigree in my trade openly tout themselves capable of this,that and the other...
In the same manner as Gordon Ramsey would raise an eyebrow at someone whos once boiled an egg calling themselves a chef..:-).
Beyond that,I give others in the *A.V.trade* over here-little thought...
Ultimately,the customer is not a fool,they i`m sure will make an informed choice..and thats good enough for me.
What does annoy me,is companies that take cinema pictures from the web ,and display them on their site as their own..this is lying to the customer and leading the customer to believe its their work-when it isn`t...there are other companies-decent enough in HA (*home automation) that state they do cinemas-when I know for a fact they have never done one...this is lying to the customer as well...
ALL pictures of cinema installs on the Projectiondreams site are OUR installs...and i`m proud of them.
..Another recent Algarve A.V. horror story,iv`e had to *tidy up*...
large project we are on,where we gained the project agains`t another company....now this company had proposed lesser quality kit but had promised the builder and electrician on this project *kick backs*....
In the end,this inflated the final total price for the client..a developer...so he was paying top dollar on average kit...
Of course,he chose our quote..better kit,better price..better project organisation,better time scale....
This meant that the electrician and the builder lost out on their *....kickbacks*...so the electrician walked off site as the builder hadn`t given him his money because he was relying on this....
We had to step in on behalf of the client and resolve this..we got the electrician back on site..and *squared* the builder...
This was achieved using decent dispute resolution skills-and indeed the client said to me he wished he could put us in charge of the whole build project..which had taken over a year when it could have been done in 6 months!
*For all this developers future projects we now have a far broader remit...
This is a perfect example of business professionalism over the *old pals act*...
We all know that having a few beers with someone in the Melting Pot doesn`t necessarily make them the best man for the job...the *best man* for the job is the best company..plain and simple...
This should be judged on merit.
Thankfully,this is happening now,Projectiondreams are being seen for what they are..easily the best..really,the choice is clear now..whereas in the past it wasn`t...and that bodes well for developers and customers alike that can be confident of a great job..and heck,i`ll have a couple of beers AFTER the job to celebrate something done well..:-)
So to those loyally comitted to an individual/ mechanism that may not be the best in a business sense,I urge good sense as i`ll probably have to tidy things up at some point anyway..so we may as well do it right from the start..:-)..let us do it right off the bat,save you money and deliver you a better performance is all i ask..
Projectiondreams-clear choice..
Best Regards,
Vince
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